20th Primetime Emmy Awards


The 20th Emmy Awards, later known as the 20th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1968. The ceremony was hosted by Frank Sinatra and Dick Van Dyke. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were Get Smart and Mission: Impossible. Get Smart won three major awards, while the most nominated show was the anthology drama CBS Playhouse with ten. It also won three major awards.
The first posthumous Acting Emmy went to Marion Lorne for her performance in Bewitched, while The Avengers was the first non American produced nomination, having been syndicated from ABC Weekend TV, which was a part of the United Kingdom Independent Television Network, by ABC. However, other than sharing the same initials, the two companies were independent of each other.

Winners and nominees


Most major nominations

ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
BewitchedComedyABC5
Dear FriendsSpecialCBS5
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightSpecialCBS5
He & SheComedyCBS5
Mission: ImpossibleDramaCBS5
Get SmartComedyNBC4
IronsideDramaNBC4
The Lucy ShowComedyCBS4
The CrucibleSpecialCBS3
Family AffairComedyCBS3
Hogan's HeroesComedyCBS3
I SpyDramaNBC3
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InVarietyNBC3
That GirlComedyABC3
10th Winter Olympic GamesSportsABC2
The AvengersDramaABC2
The Carol Burnett ShowVarietyCBS2
The Dean Martin Comedy HourVarietyNBC2
Elizabeth the QueenSpecialNBC2
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana BrassVarietyCBS2
NET PlayhouseDramaNET2
Run for Your LifeDramaNBC2
The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourVarietyCBS2
Star TrekDramaNBC2
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSpecialABC2
Wide World of SportsSportsABC2

Most major awards

ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
Get SmartComedyNBC3
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightSpecialCBS2
Mission: ImpossibleDramaCBS2
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InVarietyNBC2
Wide World of SportsSportsABC2

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